diff -urp libvirt-4.1.0.orig/src/Makefile.am libvirt-4.1.0/src/Makefile.am
--- libvirt-4.1.0.orig/src/Makefile.am	2018-03-12 10:52:52.000000000 +0000
+++ libvirt-4.1.0/src/Makefile.am	2018-03-12 11:03:24.668941705 +0000
@@ -2232,13 +2232,11 @@ if WITH_SYSCTL
 # Use $(prefix)/lib rather than $(libdir), since man sysctl.d insists on
 # /usr/lib/sysctl.d/ even when libdir is /usr/lib64
 install-sysctl:
-	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/remote/libvirtd.sysctl \
-	  $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
+	  $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
 
 uninstall-sysctl:
-	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
-	rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib/sysctl.d || :
+	rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
 else ! WITH_SYSCTL
 install-sysctl:
 uninstall-sysctl: